Articles Posted in Pelvic Mesh

Mark this down in the “It’s About Time” column. On January 4, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally made the move to reclassify transvaginal mesh medical products from Class II to Class III. Surgical mesh is a medical product that has been used for more than sixty years and is intended to provide…

We’ve been looking at recent trial results in transvaginal mesh cases. In this (fourth) post we review two verdicts from October 2015, where juries concluded that the mesh manufacturers were not negligent. Thus, these injured women received no money for the failure of the transvaginal mesh. In a third case, decided on December 21, 2015,…

In this post, we continue our review of transvaginal mesh cases. We look at one (remarkable) jury verdict and one partial summary judgment decision in favor of the defendant from 2015. Many other cases are moving to trial. Going forward, I will keep you updated on jury verdicts and other key court decisions as they…

Transvaginal mesh lawsuits are finally getting their day in court. This is a good thing for the thousands of women who were injured, some severely, by the failure of the transvaginal mesh products sold by Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson), Boston Scientific, and other companies. In Part 1, we looked at three TVM jury verdicts from…

Transvaginal mesh (TVM) is a plastic mesh product that is surgically implanted in women to repair or support weakened vaginal walls and other compromised tissue. Many women suffer from a condition called pelvic organ prolapse (POP), where an organ like the bladder prolapses from its normal position in the body and presses against the walls…

You have probably seen news reports (or at least the flood of TV commercials from law firms) about the suffering caused by the failure of transvaginal mesh (TVM) products. This is a unique medical device failure “story” because of the large number of women who have been affected. It is estimated that transvaginal mesh is…